SC registered agent
South Carolina registered agent, $19, same as every other aisle
South Carolina makes every corporation and LLC keep a registered agent at a street address inside the state, and it wrote down what that agent has to do. The writing is quoted below. Our contribution to it is a price tag.
What South Carolina puts on the label
The label
Straight from the South Carolina code, no markdown:
... or (iii) a foreign corporation or not-for-profit foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-5-101
The South Carolina annual report, priced by the state, skippable by you
Annual report tag, LLC
South Carolina has no annual report fee on the tag, per the guidance quoted below. Nothing to leave in the cart.
... are not subject to the annual report or the License Fee: A Limited Liability Company (LLC) not taxed as a ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: SCDOR Corporate FAQs (annual report / License Fee exemptions)
Annual report tag, corporation
South Carolina has no annual report fee on the tag, per the guidance quoted below. Nothing to leave in the cart.
... names of directors on Annual Reports filed with the Department of ...
Source: official state fee schedule, via incFACTS: SC SOS FAQs About Business Entities #14
The restocking fee, as charged by South Carolina
When the agent on file is an empty shelf, the state has a checklist. It is quoted here without our commentary, which would only have been about the price.
Pulled from the shelf by the state
... (4) the corporation does not notify the Secretary of State that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-14-200(a)(3)-(4)
Also on the shelf
... not carry on any business except that necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs under Section 33-14-105 and notify claimants under Sections 33-14-106 and ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-14-210(b), (d)
Out-of-state authority, returned
... (4) the foreign corporation does not inform the Secretary of State under Section 33-15-108 or 33-15-109 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued;
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-15-300(a)(3)-(4)
No entry to the courthouse
... a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this State until it obtains a certificate of ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-15-102(a)
Penalty, priced by the state
... The Attorney General may collect all penalties due under this subsection.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-15-102(d)
Our end of the deal
Nineteen dollars. That was our end. The rest of the deal is on backorder.
Lawsuits, when the aisle is empty
Service, rerouted
... State or the agent for service of process cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the agent's address, the Secretary of State is an agent of the company upon whom process, notice, or demand ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-44-111(b)
The price of getting the company back
Reinstatement, the price on the tag
... (4) contain a certificate from the South Carolina Department of Revenue reciting that all taxes, penalties, and interest owed by the corporation, whether assessed or not, have been paid.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: S.C. Code Ann. § 33-1-220(a)(16); § 33-14-220(a)(4)
Statute text captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01, then compared with the state's own text on 2026-08-10. Codes get restocked. This page does not.